Translation Theory

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This course examines translation as a concept, an interpretive frame, and a form of creative expression. Students will read theories of translation by literary critics, practicing translators, and cultural theorists and consider the conceptual questions that accompany the production and study of translation. What is the 'task' of the translator? What is the relation between a 'translation' and an 'original'? Discussion and analysis of these questions will explore possibilities of translation between languages as well as between media and artforms. 002211